Meet the Largest Vultures in Africa

Lappet-faced vultures are the largest vulture species in Africa. Their strong beaks and claws tear easily through the tough hide, tendon and cartilage of a recently deceased elephant.

[christiantaccone]

Vultures are so important to our world

[BaronVonTrousers]

I can relate to those vultures that "overdid it"

[marianmoesinger]

Head down like: God If You Get Me Through This, I Will Never Eat Elephant Ever Again.

[treborironwolfe]

Lion probably recalls the 48-hour bouts of diarrhea and vomiting after eating one of these birds when he was young.

[ChrissyD]

That's me at 1:53 after Thanksgiving dinner every year, lol

[Youneverknow]

How cute were they when they were full

[brittanymadelianne]

I always thought vultures looked so cool.

[fairyfinderw]

Imagine an alien being told “To escape harm from our wildlife, play dead.” and then seeing vultures as a threat

[Yodelii]

why did they not address the bird that looks like Bernie sanders with a pterodactyl beak

[Archivos_de_Montejo]

excellent images, I spent years filming vultures eating

[joshkoshbgosh]

The marabou stork in the crowd could totally steal that carcass from the lappets but I guess it just wasn’t feeling it.

[roamingdrifter]

Vultures are literally the hyenas of the bird world.

[ettfdf]

I dont know if its any larger than the other species mentioned, but its certainly meaner, and has a stronger beak+claws.

[Heldstab]

1:14 what’s that random bird doing there? There is no way that Thing eats elephants

[TheGobblersGetback]

1:51...."Aye, somebody call Tom an Air
🤣😂😂🍻🍺🥃🍗🍖

[touremuhammad]

Fun facts: India’s answer of the Lappet-faced is the Red-headed vulture & Russia’s answer is the Cinereous or Eurasian Black vulture, biggest bird of prey in Europe 🤓🤓🧐🧐🧐

[ChadDidNothingWrong]

1:20 is noone gonna mention the creepy stork-vulture zombie thing standing there?

[hydroxyT]

do they have to look so fierce? @0:43 he looks mean, but not a hunter

[vincentx]

If we are talking about weight, then the cape griffon vulture is larger

[hisle]

I had this dream where I was sitting in a chair with a very big vulture